squille
French, noun/skij/
squille is spelled S-Q-U-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Squille is a French feminine noun meaning “mantis crab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de crustacés”.
What does squille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemantis crab
Dans les squilles ou mantes de mer, la structure de la mandibule est la plus singulière. (Cuvier, Anat. comp., t. 3, 1805, p. 306)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de crustacés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of squille
- squilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce squille?
- /skij/
- /skil/
- \skil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is squille in French?
squille appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).